I happened to be reading Howard Bloom's book The Genius of the Beast when I saw something odd happening in social media - there was a minor blow up on a science blogging site called Scienceblogs.com over a new column that would be written by people from Pepsi, which threatened to become a major blow-up because of social media, and it got me thinking about re-purposing and symbol stacks.

Mercola, webster of woo, he of the get your vitamin D through our tanning bed fame, has a new post up at Huffington Post.

What do you get when you mix politics and space exploration?
a) an impenetrable mess
b) an interesting clash between technology and people
c) something scarier than sausage making

For those who think politics is messy or scary, I agree. But it makes for good reading.  And when you read space politics, you also get nice logo-like images like this one.

I've covered some of the 'people' issues abut space exploration, most recently in . But I'm focused on just getting my lil' old satellite up. What's the picture for getting people, space stations, nuclear reactors, and kitchen sinks into space?